Recent content by Lazure

But why would you put XP on a system like this in the first place? Windows 7 is way better. I'm pretty sure missing out on a context menu editor and read-only attributes aren't worth -everything else- you lose out on using XP on a modern system.

You're implying that it's completely acceptable to put windows XP on a 2013/2014 computer? Even though it may barely even work, or completely murder the hardware functionality in the machine? Would you find it acceptable if all they could use is the regular VGA driver and only have 640x480...

How on earth is windows XP share increasing? It hasn't been on sale for 4 years. Plus, anyone who refuses to move on from XP, would have been doing so for years. Are people seriously choosing XP as the OS of choice to replace windows 8 on NEW devices, even going as far as putting on a...

It's because Flash is so horribly inefficient that it doesn't matter how strong your computer is, or how little graphics the game in question actually uses. I was making a comparison that I can run most any high end game on max settings with smooth framerate, but a BROWSER game with simple...

Unfortunately, almost all browser games rely on Flash. And a huge game, Minecraft, relies on Java. There's no way that either Flash or Java will ever go away. I wish they would port their games to something else because I really don't want to put up with Flash anymore either. I've been playing...

Allowing random people to stick their dongles into a public usb port like that is just dangerous territory in general. Best defense in Windows against that of course is to disable any form of autorun to prevent software from automatically installing from the device upon connection. Windows XP is...

I find it odd how people think that Windows XP should just live forever, when the majority of OS in the history of computing have never stuck with a version for longer than about 3 years before upgrading it. Windows XP is over a decade old. It shouldn't live forever, it shouldn't be alive...

These people drive me absolutely nuts. Why would they completely gimp a NEW machine with Windows XP today? That's so mindless. I mean come on, XP can't even use more than about 3GB of RAM, and it can't use multicore CPU effectively, and yeah, no AHCI is terrible. If he were to ask this of an OEM...

I see. Never used Windows Live Mail, as I've gotten away from POP3 a long time ago. Even then, I always installed Office. MPC-HC does require directx stuff, but it doesn't seem many people use that one over VLC. I use MPC-HC, though. Because many games require the runtimes, though, I always end...

I've never had an install of Windows 7 on a machine go without having basic ethernet (or even wifi) functionality right at the desktop. I even get working audio. On some systems, even picked up and installed a working graphics driver that made Aero work in the monitor's native resolution...

People didn't lose as much going from MacOSX to iOS. Apple stuff is already stripped down and stupid simple to start with. The people who already liked that about MacOSX, enjoyed the same thing with the iOS version of their favorite software. Apple made sure to provide built-in stuff that was...

I use MPC-HC. It can play DVDs too. Blurays too if you have the drive for it.

This is a bit alarming for those of us, like me, who use an SSD. I am running the preview on an 80GB SSD and I don't like the idea that this is storing stuff arbitrarily against my will on my limited space drive. I already have relocated the user folders (documents/videos/etc) a long time ago to...

Many of the XBOX-labelled games on Windows 8/RT are really well done and polished, especially Microsoft's own set of games. I'm talking games like Solitaire Collection, Minesweeper, Taptiles, Mahjong, Pinball FX2, Monsters Love Candy, etc. However, I find many of the third party exclusive...

Not all of us have a mobile data plan to tether a phone in with, but granted, satellite internet in itself is terrible anyways. I've known people to pick dialup before satellite if they live out in the middle of nowhere and can't get a -real- connection. With satellite you're dealing with...